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Painting of a cavalry battle with smoke, burning buildings, a blue standard, a cannon and fallen soldiers.

The Sortie on Amager in 1658 during the Swedish War 1657-60

Christian August Lorentzen, 1791

Painting of a sower walking across a ploughed field with a dog, while horses and a boy work in the distance.

A Sower

Frederik Vermehren, 1859

Painting of a gilded sword with a green laurel wreath draped over its blade on a dark tabletop.

A Sword with a Laurel Wreath

J.L. Jensen, 1848

Muted landscape of a row of dark trees above a green meadow and grey lake under an overcast sky.

Study for "Sun Rain. Gentofte Lake"

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1903

Painting of a lighthouse on rocks in a stormy sea with crashing waves, dark clouds, and a sailing ship on the horizon.

Eddystone Lighthouse

Anton Melbye, 1846

Still life painting of a wicker basket with pineapple, pumpkin, grapes, peaches and hazelnuts on a stone ledge.

A basket of fruit on a tree stump

J.L. Jensen, 1844

Painting of a schoolroom with a teacher and boys reading books beside columns, bookshelves and a seated older man and woman.

A Boys' School

Franz Cleyn, 1597-1658

Painting of a sculptor's workshop with a white statue, workers carving and painting reliefs, and classical columns behind.

A Sculptor's Studio

Reinhold Timm, 1618-1639

Banquet scene with musicians on a balcony, a servant with a tray, gilded vessels on a table, and a fur-cloaked king at left.

A Feast

Isaac Isaacsz, 1622

Oil painting of a betrothal ceremony with a bride and groom joining hands before a bearded officiant and onlookers.

A Betrothal

Franz Cleyn, 1619-1622

Nude young men diving and wrestling on an arched bridge over a river, with a crowned figure watching from a platform at right

Young Men Wrestling on a Bridge. Allegory

Reinhold Timm, 1622

Allegorical painting of a crowned nude woman, a lion, a sea god with trident and a triton, with ships on the sound.

Allegory of the Sound

Isaac Isaacsz, 1622

Painting of the Presentation of Jesus in a temple, with a priest at an altar, a mother holding an infant, and figures on the

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and the Baptism of Christ

Franz Cleyn, 1619-1622

Visitors in a red-walled gallery viewing paintings and a white marble statue, with men in uniform and women in long dresses.

One of the Rooms in the Royal Collection of Paintings at Christiansborg Palace

C.C. Andersen, 1882

Painting of a sunlit street in Biskra with palms, a white building with blue shutters, and a pink wall under blue sky.

Street in Biskra, Algeria

Henri Matisse, 1906

Monochrome reproduction of a landscape with a river, large trees and a small Holy Family group resting in the foreground.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Pier Francesco Mola, 1627-1666

Painting of Christ holding an infant amid mothers with babies and children, with a Latin inscription across the dark top edge

Christ Blessing the Children

Lucas Cranach, 1537-1553

Painted landscape of a lake with sailboats, a distant city and snow-capped mountains under a hazy warm sky.

A View Across Lake Leman Towards Mont Blanc and Geneva

Jens Juel, 1777-1778

Shepherd boy with sheep on a sunlit path below a hilltop village with stone houses and a bell tower.

A Shepherd Boy with His Sheep at Cività d'Antino

Joakim Skovgaard, 1886

The Architect Thorvald Bindesbøll

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1904

Painting of a uniformed military band marching through a cobbled town square past townspeople and children.

Changing of the Guard

Erik Henningsen, 1888

Painting of a village market with seated figures, a woman with a basket, women in headscarves, chickens and a pig.

Marked i Sora

Joakim Skovgaard, 1893

Children in a lively interior: a girl plays piano, a boy conducts, twin babies lie in a pram, and a cat sits nearby.

A Concert: The Artist's Children and their Playmates

Otto Haslund, 1887

Formal garden with clipped hedges, cypresses, stone busts and a distant villa under a pale sky with mountains.

In the Gardens of the Villa Albani, Rome

Constantin Hansen, 1841

Painting of the Tiber river with Castel Sant'Angelo, a stone bridge, and two figures fishing in the foreground.

A View across the Tiber from Trastevere towards Castel S. Angelo

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1815

Painting of a laughing elderly man in bed with a boy reading a newspaper and two smiling women in a warm interior.

La joie de vivre

Ernst Josephson, 1887

Dusk landscape with wind-bent pines, a stone wall, brick gables, gravestones and skulls among rocks under a glowing horizon.

After Sunset

L.A. Ring, 1899

Oil painting of a three-masted corvette battling rough green waves under a dramatic cloudy sky.

The Corvette "Galathea" in a Storm in the North Sea

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1839

Painting of a thatched farmhouse under stormy clouds, with cattle grazing and a horse cart on a dirt road.

A Storm Brewing behind a Farmhouse in Zealand

Jens Juel, 1791-1793

Woman in white dress and straw hat walks along a sandy beach watching waves, with seaweed and dunes in the foreground.

Lady at Karrebæksminde Beach, Zealand

L.A. Ring, 1898

Painting of a fleet of sailing warships at anchor on choppy sea under cumulus clouds, with a small boat in front.

A Russian Fleet at Anchor near Elsinore

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1826

Dim workshop scene with men working over a metal pot and a boy at left holding a musket beside a wicker basket.

A Glass and Coral Factory

Jacob van Loo, 1629-1670

Painting of a busy sunlit market square in Copenhagen with vendors, a horse cart, and sailing ships at the harbour.

Højbro Plads, a Market Place in Copenhagen

Sally Henriques, 1844

Painting of a round stone tower and low buildings on a rocky hill with bushes under a blue sky.

A Building near Tor di Quinto outside Rome

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1815

Evening landscape of marshland and water channels under a pink and orange sunset sky, with the sun low near the horizon.

Evening at Skagen

P.S. Krøyer, 1893

Wide oil landscape of a flat field with grazing sheep, wildflowers, a distant tree line and a large blue sky with clouds.

Udsigt mod herregården Beldringe

P.C. Skovgaard, 1847

Painting of a winding river across a flat plain, framed by weathered stone pillars in the foreground and distant hills under

View from the Fontana Acetosa, Rome

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1814-1816

Painting of white chalk cliffs and a tall pinnacle beside a blue sea, with small figures on the grass at left.

The Cliffs of the Island of Møn

Louis Gurlitt, 1842

Three women tend a fire and wooden tubs on a sandy dune beside a shoreline under a pale evening sky.

Boiling Train Oil at Nymindegab, Jutland

Laurits Tuxen, 1879

Painting of a sunlit marble staircase leading to a brick church in Rome, with bronze lion fountains and people in the square.

The Marble Steps leading up to the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1814-1816

Oil painting of two nude figures embracing on a gilded bed with striped pillows and green drapery behind.

Erotic Scene

Agostino Carracci, 1572-1602

Painting of brick Roman ruins with an arched opening, an ox cart on a cobbled road, and a wide countryside under clouds.

View of the Terme di Caracalla in Rome

Thorald Læssøe, 1845

Painting of a round colonnaded temple in Rome with men playing bocce, an ornate fountain, and oxen resting nearby.

Piazza della Bocca della Verità with the so-called Vesta Temple in Rome

Constantin Hansen, 1837

Impressionist painting of a wide summer fairground plaza with tents, flags, small figures and trees beyond.

A Summer's Evening at the Fun Fair in the Deer park, North of Copenhagen

Fridolin Johansen, 1884-1888

Painting of a thatched cottage beside a muddy road in late winter, with bare trees and laundry under an overcast sky.

Evening after a Thaw. Taabæk, North of Copenhagen

Vilhelm Kyhn, 1850-1859

Painting of a sandy shore with a wooden boat, weathered pier posts, a small hut, and calm sea under a pale sky.

A Beach by the Sound

Vilhelm Petersen, 1873-1876

Painting of sailing ships and a small sailboat on choppy blue sea under large clouds, with a castle on distant shore.

Ships in the Sound North of Kronborg Castle, Elsinore

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1847

Oil painting of a tabby cat eating meat from a plate on a studio floor, with easels and canvases behind it.

The Cat in the Studio

David Jacobsen, 1860

Oil painting of a family seated at a dining table in a dim room with framed pictures on the walls and a cat on the floor.

The Artist's Friends and Family Seated Round a Table. Vejby, North Zealand

P.C. Skovgaard, 1843

Painting of a mother in a dark dress spoon-feeding a small blonde child at a table in a warm yellow room.

Mother and Child

Fritz Syberg, 1898-1899

Loose oil study of a Paris palace facade, Pont Royal and riverbank with pedestrians and bare trees under a pale sky.

Pont Royal in Paris. Sketch

David Jacobsen, 1858-1861

Painting of a sunlit beech forest with figures gathering in a clearing and a lake visible in the distance.

Delhoved Wood near Lake Skarre, Zealand. Afternoon Light

P.C. Skovgaard, 1847

Painting of a startled woman in white and a nude man with a donkey head beside a table in a dim room.

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius' The Golden Ass

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1809

Four people in a rowboat on a still lake, one playing an accordion, with reflections and a green wooded shore behind them.

Midsummer's Eve in Norway

Christian Skredsvig, 1886

Oil painting of Kronborg castle ramparts with cannons, a flag, and sailing ships on the sound under cumulus clouds.

A View towards the Swedish Coast from the Ramparts of Kronborg Castle

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1829

Painting of a dirt road curving through autumn trees with red berries, a utility pole, and a distant village under grey sky.

The Road at Mogenstrup, Zealand. Autumn

L.A. Ring, 1888

Painting of large rolling waves breaking in white foam on a sandy beach under a pale blue sky.

Heavy Swells at the West Coast of Jutland

Niels Skovgaard, 1894

Painting of sunlit eroded rocks topped with green trees, a path below, and distant wooded hills under a pale sky.

Italian Mountain Landscape with Overgrown Rock, probably near Olevano

Fritz Petzholdt, 1832-1835

Painting of the baptism of Christ by a river, with angels, cherubs and a dove in a wooded landscape under clouds.

The Baptism of Christ

Filippo Lauri, 1638-1694

Three mummified figures with skulls in dark and tan robes lean over a wooden railing, with paper labels attached.

Three Skulls from Convento dei Cappucini at Palermo

L.A. Ring, 1894

Painting of three women in an interior, two nude and one clothed, beside a seated man in a chair, against yellow walls.

The Judgment of Paris

Harald Giersing, 1909

Night scene of flying witches, demons, and a sorcerer with candles and a pentagram above a town with a dragon-topped tower.

The Vision of the Sunday Child

Cornelis Saftleven, 1660

Dark landscape with an angel in a gold tunic and a young man in white walking past red poppies under trees.

Tobiah and the Angel

Adam Elsheimer, 1593-1610

Painting of a crowded masquerade ball with masked figures in period costume, red drapery, and musicians in the background.

A Fancy-Dress Ball

Bénoit Le Coffre, 1704-1711

Two nude figures embrace on a gilded couch with a blue cushion and red drapery in a dim interior.

Samlejescene

Agostino Carracci, 1572-1602

Oil painting of a sunlit forest edge with tall beech and oak trees, a stream, grazing sheep and clouds.

Forest Landscape near Hellebæk. Autumn

Johann Hermann Carmiencke, 1841

Two girls sit in a wide summer meadow with wildflowers, one in blue and white, the other in red, under a pale sky.

Two Girls in a Field. A Summer’s Day

Michael Ancher, 1885-1889

Painting of a rocky island coast with ochre-roofed stone buildings beside a blue sea, in loose expressive brushwork.

Landscape from Christiansø

Edvard Weie, 1914

Night scene of figures lowering a shrouded body near a wooden cross and ladder, lit by a lantern.

Descent from the Cross

Carl Bloch, 1886

Fishermen in oilskins wade through surf carrying a stretcher and supporting a rescued man under a grey sky.

A Crew Rescued

Michael Ancher, 1894

Painting of women at a stone well with camels, a dog, and a white horse in a wooded landscape under cloudy skies.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Domenico Gargiulo, 1627-1679

Painting of four men in a hilly landscape, one playing a violin and another holding a stringed instrument, with a town and ri

The Judgement of Midas. The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1507-1509

Still life of dead game birds and songbirds with feathers arranged on a wooden table against a dark background.

Wildfowl on a Wooden Table

Jacob Biltius, 1648-1681

Painting of a man reading a letter aloud to an elderly couple seated at a wooden table in a dim room.

A Schoolmaster Reading Aloud a Letter to an Old Couple from Their Son Abroad

Moritz Unna, 1835

Painting of a wooded valley at dusk with a glowing lake, bare trees on a hill, and dramatic clouds over the plain.

Late Evening near Himmelbjerget, Jutland

Vilhelm Kyhn, 1874

Oil painting of a sunny Italian town square with a stone staircase, pink arched building, orange trees and small figures.

The Market Place in Priverno

Jørgen Roed, 1838

Women in white caps and aprons process sardines at wooden tables in a dim timber barn, with baskets of fish on the floor.

A Sardine Curing and Packing Establishment in Concarneau

P.S. Krøyer, 1879

Moonlit painting of white chalk cliffs and a rock pillar above a dark sea, framed by bare trees under a cloudy sky.

The "Summer Spire" on the Chalk Cliffs of the Island Møn. Moonlight

Frederik Sødring, 1831

Painting of workers in blue coats walking home along a cobbled village street under a pale sky.

Workers on their Way Home

Edvard Munch, 1914

Woman in striped blouse by a window looking at palm trees, pastel houses and the sea beyond.

Young Woman Looking at the Sea, Stormy Weather

Henri Matisse, 1923

Painting of a roaring waterfall with mist, timber buildings on a cliff, and figures with a dog on a wooden platform.

The Sarpfossen in Norway

Erik Pauelsen, 1789

Painting of a pale road curving between green fields and trees toward distant hills under a pale blue sky.

Road near Fåborg on Funen

Harald Giersing, 1920

Painting of a sunny path lined with tall beech trees, grazing sheep, and a thatched hut among bushes under blue sky.

Part of Færgelunden near Jægerspris

Frederik Kraft, 1848

Painting of chickens, ducks and a turkey around a water basin before a farm building, with a woman in a doorway.

Hens, Ducks and a Turkey Cock

Adriaen van Utrecht, 1614-1652

Oil painting of sailing boats and a rowboat on a calm river, with grazing cattle, windmills and a town under a cloudy sky.

River Scenery

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1643

Grayscale view of nude women bathing by a forest stream, with a reclining figure, hounds, and arrows in the foreground.

Diana and Callisto

Hans Rottenhammer, 1579-1625

Painting of an American brig at anchor with sails hung out to dry, small boats nearby, and a calm sea under cloudy sky.

An American Naval Brig Lying at Anchor while Her Sails Are Drying

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1831-1832

Oil painting of a fortified harbor town with boats on water, stacked timber and figures in the foreground, under a cloudy sky

View of Frederikshald

Mathias Blumenthal, 1748

Painting of rolling hills and a young spruce plantation under a pale overcast sky, with a winding path across the slopes.

Svanninge Hills, Funen

Karl Schou, 1898

Painting of women walking through a golden harvest field with rows of stacked sheaves under a grey sky.

Harvest

Fritz Syberg, 1887

Calm fjord with wading bathers, a small sailboat, and cumulus clouds under a bright sky, painted in 1849.

View of Roskilde Fjord near Frederikssund, Zealand

Vilhelm Kyhn, 1849

Painting of waves breaking on a pebbled beach under cloudy skies, with dunes at left and sailing ships on the horizon.

A Beach with Dunes. The West Coast of Jutland

Dankvart Dreyer, 1843

Snowy winter landscape with bare trees, farm buildings and orange-tinted fields under a pale sky.

Winter Landscape. Over Kærby Hill.

Fritz Syberg, 1917

Painting of a green churchyard with white gravestones, small crosses and tall cypress trees under a pale sky.

The Churchyard in Svanninge

Harald Giersing, 1920

Painting of a still life with a bowl of oranges, a potted plant, lemons and a white pitcher in bold angular strokes.

Still Life with Oranges in a Basket

Edvard Weie, 1923

Oil painting of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a woman in white stepping onto the quay, and a beggar in a boat.

Alighting from a Gondola in Venice

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1852-1855